Detailed information from the families of those killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and from local sources on strikes that have targeted mourners and rescue workers provides credible new evidence that the majority of the deaths in the drone war in Pakistan have been civilian noncombatants - not "militants," as the Obama administration has claimed.
The new evidence also shows that the statistical tally of casualties from drone attacks in Pakistan published on the web site of the New America Foundation (NAF) has been systematically understating the deaths of large numbers of civilians by using a methodology that methodically counts them as "militants."
The sharply revised picture of drone casualties conveyed by the two new primary sources is further bolstered by the recent revelation that the Obama administration adopted a new practice in 2009 of automatically considering any military-age male killed in a drone strike as a "militant" unless intelligence proves otherwise.
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ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to have wars with no deaths.
And if BHO is reelected he will probably have drones coming after us if we don't agree with his policies.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to have wars with no deaths.
ReplyDeleteAugust 18, 2012 12:47 PM
Well that would take all the fun out of it.
if this happened under bush the msm would eating it up and front page news
ReplyDeleteStatistics. When the government writes the parameters and definitions, watch out. Major Hasan murders soldiers while screaming "allah Akbar" and it's "workplace violence". Some crazy nut case sprays bullets in a theatre and it's "domestic terrorism". A "terrorist" walks into his house to have dinner with his wife and 6 kids, maybe her parents, too, and we ace them all with a "Hellfire" missile. Did we just kill a terrorist? Hell NO, son! We just got TEN! Makes the program so much more successful sounding. And makes obama look like a real killer of our "enemies". Statistics.
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